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The molding at the top of a column
Answer for the clue "The molding at the top of a column ", 8 letters:
gorgerin
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the molding at the top of a column [syn: necking ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context architecture English) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; the hypotrachelium.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gorgerin \Gor`ge*rin"\, n. [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital , and hypotrachelium ...